She had found out already that she was to be held accountable for everything which was objected to. If the children were not attentive, if they talked, if they were restless, it was she who would be reproved.英文原著 · 《A Little Princess》
The pendant arrived this morning. Many thanks! But you really ought not to have given me another; a hostess cannot be held accountable for all the things that careless guests lose in her house. It is far too pretty for my chain. I am thinking of having my nose pierced, Cingalese fashion, and wearing my new jewel where it will really show.英文原著 · 《Dear Enemy》
But this was grotesque, intolerable--a mad mistake, for which she could not be held accountable! The law she had despised was still there, might still be invoked . invoked, but to what end? Could she ask it to chain Westall to her side? SHE had been allowed to go free when she claimed her freedom--should she show less magnanimity than she had exacted? Magnanimity? The word lashed her with its irony--one does not strike an attitude when one is fighting for life! She would threaten, grovel, cajole .英文原著 · 《Early Short Fiction of Edith Wharton-Part 2》
THE MAN. If 'e keeps quiet, I won't. But I'm not accountable--not always, I tell you straight--not since I've been through that.英文原著 · 《Four Short Plays》
This Committee made certain enactments, by which they took the customs and excise of the six northern counties entirely into their own hands. The Provost of Inverness was made accountable "for all the money which, under the name of excise, has been taken up in any of the foresaid shires since his intromissions with the office of excise taking."英文原著 · 《History Of The Mackenzies》
"In the next place it is perpetual; there is no return. A man is accountable to no person for his doings. Every man may reign secure in his petty tyranny, and spread terror and desolation around him, until the trump of the archangel shall excite different emotions in his soul.英文原著 · 《James Otis The Pre-Revolutionist》
No. My client's intent is simply to ensure that those ultimately responsible for his daughter's death are held accountable in the court of public opinion, since the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act precludes them from being held accountable in a court of law.美剧 · 《The Good Wife》
Look, obviously, men should not be engaging in predatory behavior at the office, but I'm worried now the pendulum's gonna swing too far in the other extreme where they'll be held accountable for that behavior, and that's not ideal either.美剧 · 《Bojack Horseman》
Whatever you put in that story, no one is gonna "Hold you accountable." You need to take responsibility for yourself.美剧 · 《Bojack Horseman》
So, the only way I can progress is to return to my life as a sober man and finally hold myself accountable for my actions, past and future.美剧 · 《Bojack Horseman》